Definition of assail

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Assail (v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like..

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Assailment :: Assailment (n.) The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.
Armada :: Armada (v. t.) A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558..
Assailable :: Assailable (a.) Capable of being assailed.
Assailer :: Assailer (n.) One who assails.
Assailant :: Assailant (a.) Assailing; attacking.
Battle :: Battle (v. t.) To assail in battle; to fight.
Wassail :: Wassail (n.) A festive or drinking song or glee.
Bepommel :: Bepommel (v. t.) To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing..
Assailed :: Assailed (imp. & p. p.) of Assai.
Wassail :: Wassail (v. i.) To hold a wassail; to carouse.
Impugn :: Impugn (v. t.) To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose.
Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise..
Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like..
Jaw :: Jaw (v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.
Wassailer :: Wassailer (n.) One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler..
Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery..
Scoff :: Scoff (v. t.) To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
Tenable :: Tenable (a.) Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument..
Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like..
Flanker :: Flanker (n.) One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body..
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